Wednesday, December 8, 2010

A Bass Pro Christmas

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, we headed out to Bass Pro Shops with Gigi, Papa, Uncle Neil, Aunt Katie, and Landon to make sure we got to see Santa. This is a great place to get to go sit on his lap - he always seems to be very friendly when he is here and the set-up is very cute! Plus, there is other fun for the kiddos.

Last year, Jillian was not really happy about sitting on Santa's lap (I think she was tired) but I was thinking this year might be worse, since the weirdness of sitting on a strange man's lap would have set it. Luckily, while we were waiting in line, Santa passed us and stopped for high-fives and some conversation. She was more than willing to participate in talking to "ho ho" Then it was our turn! Meredith went up very quickly and Jillian slowly followed. We coaxed her all the way up to him, and then she just let him scoop her up to sit on his lap! It was perfect! Then Meredith made sure to tell Santa that she would like a Robot Dog and a Talking Jessie doll. Being the sweet big sister she is, she made sure to tell Santa that Jillian wanted a bike and a baby. After each of those, Jillian repeated them for him too - so cute! Next, we added Landon to the lap - no tears from any of the cousins - how can you beat that?
Just Jillian and Santa!
Now time for both sisters to participate
And those sweet cousins

After chatting with Santa, we explored the rest of Bass Pro, which included the carousel with Reindeer that Meredith has not stopped talking about since last year!

Jillian and Landon have such a sweet and fun relationship - Landon tells his mom every time we get together that he wants to just give Jillian lots of hugs....and Jillian is always happy to oblige. She has started saying his name and loves being with him! Meredith was too busy on her reindeer to join these two in the sleigh for a picture.

We also spent lots of time "driving" the boats
And here Jillian is showing Uncle Neil all the "ish"

Then we tried to get a group picture...which was not so successful but was lots of fun! :)
Jillian, making sure Landon knows where his eye is (or was).

Pretty cute, huh?

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